Big Brutus (some note of S.E. Kansas). One of the airplane factories of Wichita. Cosmosphere. The "here's what a half-million cows look like" overlook near Dodge. Quivira or Cheyenne Bottoms. Winfield (the festival, though the town is nice). Garden of Eden. F,ort Leavenworth. Fort Larned. Brown v Board. The Dole Institute. Any of the state lakes on Memorial Day. K-177 through the Flint Hills. Oh, and the KU campus.

i cannot believe nobody has said cawker city yet! world's largest ball of twine?? c'mon, people! :)

seriously-i don't think ms. "vicki" has ever BEEN west! i adore the flint hills! also, down around southeast kansas-linn county, fort scott, etc. are beautiful and have some pretty awesome sights. mound city has the second oldest working courthouse in the state; fort scott has national cemetary #1; not to mention the beauty of the rolling hills.

if it were me, i''d include a tour of kansas courthouses, in nearly every county; some of those old buildings are just simply amazing&have been turned in to museums after newer modern ones were built; marysville is one that comes to mind.

i could go on&on, i love kansas that much-but i'm beginning to ramble, have only had one cup of coffee.

How about Dorthy's house in Liberal as well as the Air Museum? Also, Dodge City has a great history and musems to go with "THE OLD WEST." Vicki most certainly has not been West of Lawrence. I love Lawrence, but the rest of Kansas has so much to offer as well.

Connie Morris's house. Fred Phelp's Church. Tom Wittig's 'Mansion' that his family got to keep. Rita Cline's old office. The various billboards with abominable quotes and bible versus on them damning people to hell. The multi million dollar joke-for-a hole in the ground that they built by the once beautiful capital building. Our poverty, drug, crime, prostitute ridden capital city in general. And then maybe they TOO will be asking "What the hell is the matter with Kansas?"

Right on, Trinity! I agree completely! And the courthouses are a great idea. Many of the other suggestions are good--especially the Flint Hills.

No one should miss KU, as people elsewhere have no idea what a beautiful campus that is. There are so many scenic places in the state, and just a chance to visit some of the small towns gives one a new idea (especially for those who come from huge cities). I love Lawrence, but it has become so similar to so many other Yuppie-type places that I don't think it would offer anything new--except, as someone said, the beautiful historic houses.

I would include Pratt, because of the Division of Wildlife and Parks there, and the town is nice, too.

Maybe the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite near Independence, for "The Little House" aficionados.

Lots of beautiful places in Kansas--and if folks want the feel of western Kansas, they should get off of I-70 and hit Highway 50 or 96, or even up along 24 or 36--up around Downs and Osborne.

Being as Agriculture is KS' largest industry, I guess any tour should include a combine ride with a REAL farmer. Not on one of those large corporate farms but with a real honest hard workin' man type farmer. Besides, their tractors are sexy!

While you're at the Eisenhower Museum or the Dunes, stop at the Brookville Hotel or Kirby House for dinner . . . yummy! Abilene also has an authentic soda fountain in the back of Bankes Drug Store - good clean fun for all ages.

prospector,
Funny I never visited the Glore Psychiatric Museum. I spent much of my youth not that far from St. Joe. I'll have to remember to stop in sometime; it might give me some ideas if I ever want to rearrange my basement.